Sepsis, What's the Big D?
Who gets Sepsis?
What is Sepsis?
Sepsis Sign & Symptoms
Sepsis, What Now?
100
The estimated number of pediatric hospital admissions for severe sepsis in the U.S.
What is 42,000/annually?
100
Babies are at high risk for sepsis up until this age due to a lack of immune response.
What is 3 months?
100
A response throughout the body, this is one of the main culprits leading to sepsis.
What is inflammation?
100
If this is high or low, you want to think; "could this be a sign of sepsis?"
What is temperature?
100
The number to call for a sepsis alert.
What is 811?
200
The mortality rate for pediatric patients with severe sepsis.
What is approximately 10.2%?
200
These patients are at high risk for sepsis due to chemotherapy medications.
Who are oncology patients?
200
This happens when bacteria enter the blood stream and the endothelium is damaged.
What is leaking blood vessels?
200
When elevated even after treatment for causes, this could be a sign of sepsis.
What is heart rate?
200
Early ______________ is a key to discovering that a patient is septic.
What is assessment?
300
The average length of stay for a child admitted with severe sepsis.
What is 31 days?
300
A child admitted with pneumonia is at high risk for sepsis because we know the patient has an ________________.
What is an infection?
300
The result of leaking blood vessels.
What is organ dysfunction?
300
If you check this, and it's greater than 3 seconds, think; "could this be a sign of sepsis?"
What is capillary refill.
300
The two types of sepsis alerts.
What are STAT and yellow?
400
The estimated U.S. annual health care costs associated with severe sepsis.
What is $1.7 billion?
400
Any patient with one of these is at high risk for sepsis.
What is a central line?
400
Infectious agent + susceptible host + inflammatory response = ________________________.
What is the pathogenesis of sepsis?
400
A patient is observed to have a rapid ___________ rate, which could also be a sign of sepsis.
What is respiratory?
400
The nurse will call this if sepsis is suspected along with organ dysfunction or shock.
What is a sepsis STAT?
500
He died from sepsis as a result of a scrap to his knee.
Who is Rory Stauton?
500
The patient recovering from any kind of this is at high risk for sepsis.
What is surgery?
500
Immune response activation throughout the body leads to intravascular coagulation and decreased fibrinolysis leading to.....
What are plugged capillaries?
500
A newborn who is lethargic and floppy is considered to be altered in what way?
What is mental state?
500
Two of the immediate interventions for a septic patient.
What are IV access (fluids) and labs (antibiotics)?
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